Device and method for providing application for external accessory in wireless terminal

ABSTRACT

A method and device for providing an application for an external accessory in a wireless terminal, by which related applications corresponding to a type of an external accessory connected to a wireless terminal can be displayed. Instead of sifting through applications or searching for the appropriate ones for the external accessory, the invention causes them to be displayed. To this end, the device includes a display unit for displaying related applications for an external accessory connected to the wireless terminal and a controller for sensing a type of the external accessory connected to the wireless terminal and extracting and displaying related applications for the external accessory.

CLAIM OF PRIORITY

This application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. §119(a) of a KoreanPatent Application filed in the Korean Intellectual Property Office onApr. 28, 2011 and assigned Serial No. 10-2011-0040015, the entiredisclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a method and device for providing anapplication for an external accessory in a wireless terminal. Moreparticularly, the present invention is related to a method and a devicefor providing an application for an external accessory in a wirelessterminal in which related applications can be displayed.

2. Description of the Related Art

With recent developments in electronic engineering and communicationengineering, wireless terminals are now equipped with more functionsthan known heretofore. In other words, as wireless communication anddata processing technologies have rapidly developed, users ofcommunication devices such as wireless terminal not only can accessvoice communication, but can also access other functions such asInternet services, video communication, and moving picture messagetransmission, through such wireless terminals.

With the widespread popularity of wireless terminals, a larger amount ofcommunication occurs wirelessly than ever known. In this regard,wireless terminals have been recognized as becoming an indispensablecommunication means for the modern life.

In line with the development of wireless terminals, the development ofservices provided through the wireless terminals and applicationsprocessed in the wireless terminals are also increasing and becomingmore diversified.

At present, once an application is downloaded in a wireless terminal,the downloaded application is stored and displayed on a menu screen inan order in which it is downloaded. This order may not be reflective ofa frequency of usage.

A user of the wireless terminal selects a frequently-used applicationfrom among a plurality of applications currently displayed on the menuscreen, and moves the selected application to a corresponding one of aplurality of home screens of the wireless terminal to display theapplication on the home screen.

In addition, to the wireless terminal may be connected to variousexternal accessories, e.g., a vehicle cradle, a keyboard, or the like.

However, to use an application available according to a type of anexternal accessory connected to the wireless terminal, the wirelessterminal's user has to inconveniently search for the applicationavailable according to the type of the connected external accessory on amenu screen or a plurality of home screens where a plurality ofapplications are displayed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Accordingly, an exemplary aspect of the present invention is to providea device and method that permits access to an application for anexternal accessory in a wireless terminal in a far less-cumbersomemanner than known heretofore, by which related applicationscorresponding to a type of an external accessory connected to a wirelessterminal can be displayed without having to sift through the pluralityof non-relevant applications. The access to the application may bedirect access. The relevant applications, which are also referred to as“related applications” are suited to the particular external accessory,meaning if there are applications that are non-operable in conjunctionwith the external accessory, they will not be displayed.

Another exemplary aspect of the present invention is to provide a deviceand method that permits access to an application for an externalaccessory in a wireless terminal, by which the wireless terminal can beconnected to the external accessory through wired communication,wireless communication, or augmented reality.

Yet another exemplary aspect of the present invention is to provide adevice and method that permits access to an application for an externalaccessory in a wireless terminal, by which related applications for anexternal accessory connected to the wireless terminal may be arrangedand displayed according to their priorities.

A further exemplary aspect of the present invention is to provide adevice and method that permits access to an application for an externalaccessory in a wireless terminal, by which a home screen can bedisplayed from among a plurality of home screens of the wirelessterminal, on which related applications for an external accessoryconnected to the wireless terminal are arranged according to theirpriorities.

Another exemplary aspect of the present invention is to provide a deviceand method that permits access to an application for an externalaccessory in a wireless terminal, by which an environment of thewireless terminal can be automatically reset according to a type of anexternal accessory connected to the wireless terminal.

According to an exemplary aspect of the present invention, there isprovided a device that permits access to an application for an externalaccessory in a wireless terminal, the device including a display unitfor displaying related-applications for an external accessory connectedto the wireless terminal and a controller for sensing a particular typeof the external accessory connected to the wireless terminal andextracting and displaying related-applications for the externalaccessory.

According to even another exemplary aspect of the present invention,there is provided a method that permits to an application for anexternal accessory in a wireless terminal, the method including if anexternal accessory is connected to the wireless terminal, sensing a typeof the external accessory connected to the wireless terminal, and if thetype of the external accessory is sensed, extracting and displayingrelated applications for the external accessory.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The above and other features and advantages of an exemplary embodimentof the present invention will become more apparent to a person ofordinary skill in the art from the following detailed description takenin conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a wireless terminal according to anexemplary embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an exemplary process of automaticallydisplaying a related application corresponding to a type of an externalaccessory in a wireless terminal according to an exemplary embodiment ofthe present invention; and

FIGS. 3A through 3C are diagrams illustrating an operation ofautomatically displaying a related application corresponding to a typeof an external accessory in a wireless terminal according to anexemplary embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Hereinafter, an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will bedescribed in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Itshould be noted that like symbols indicate like components throughoutthe drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a wireless terminal according to anexemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring now to FIG. 1, a Radio Frequency (RF) unit 123 preferablyperforms a wireless communication function of the wireless terminal. TheRF unit 123 preferably includes an RF transmitter for up-converting afrequency of a transmission signal and amplifying the transmitted signaland an RF receiver for low-noise amplifying a received signal anddown-converting the frequency of the received signal. The RF Unit may,of course, include a transceiver. A data processor 120 includes atransmitter for encoding and modulating the transmission signal and areceiver for demodulating and decoding the received signal. In otherwords, the data processor 120 may include a modem and a codec. Herein,the codec includes a data codec for processing packet data and an audiocodec for processing an audio signal such as voice. An audio processor125 reproduces an audio signal being output from the audio codec of thedata processor 120 or transmits an audio signal generated from amicrophone to the audio codec of the data processor 120.

A key input unit 127 preferably includes keys for inputting numeric andcharacter information and function keys for setting various functions.

A memory 130, which is a non-transitory machine readable medium,includes program and data memories. The program memory stores programsfor controlling a general operation of the wireless terminal and aprogram for automatically displaying related applications correspondingto a type of an external accessory connected to the wireless terminal.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, thememory 130 also stores a mapping table where each external accessorytype and related applications corresponding thereto are stored. Therelated applications are stored according to their priorities. Thepriorities can be a default and/or user-set.

The related applications corresponding to each external accessory typestored in the mapping table and the priorities of the relatedapplications may be set manually by user's setting, or automaticallyaccording to a type of an application used in connection of an externalaccessory to the wireless terminal and the frequency of use of theapplication or applications.

Metadata of a related application may include information about acorresponding external accessory type and information about a priorityof the related application.

A controller 110 controls overall operation of the wireless terminal.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, once anexternal accessory is connected to the wireless terminal, the controller110 extracts related applications corresponding to a type of theconnected external accessory and displays the extracted relatedapplications on a display unit 160.

According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, thecontroller 110 senses a type of an external accessory connected to thewireless terminal through wired communication, and extracts and displaysrelated applications corresponding to the sensed type of the externalaccessory.

According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, thecontroller 110 searches for types of (connectable) external accessoriesin the vicinity of the wireless terminal through wireless communication(typically through wireless communication unit 180), displays the foundtypes of the external accessories adapted for coupling therewith, andcouples any selected by the user from among the found externalaccessories to the wireless terminal.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, thecontroller 110 searches for types of connectable external accessories inthe vicinity of the wireless terminal in an augmented reality searchmode, displays the found types of the connectable external accessorieson an augmented reality screen, and connects any type selected by theuser from among the found external accessories to the wireless terminal.

According to yet another exemplary embodiment of the present invention,the controller 110 previously sets (i.e. pre-sets) a related applicationfor an external accessory by storing an external accessory typecorresponding to the related application and a priority of the relatedapplication through the mapping table stored in the memory 130 accordingto user's manual setting. Information about the external accessory typecorresponding to the related application and information about thepriority of the related application may be included in the metadata ofthe related application.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, thecontroller 110 stores an application used during connection of anexternal accessory to the wireless terminal as a related application forthe external accessory and stores a priority of the related applicationaccording to the frequency of use of the related application for theexternal accessory, through the mapping table stored in the memory 130,by pre-setting the related application for the external accessory.Information about the external accessory type corresponding to therelated application and information about the priority of the relatedapplication may be included in the metadata of the related application.

According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, thecontroller 110 may arrange and display the extracted relatedapplications for the external accessory according to prioritiespreviously set (i.e. pre-set priorities) of the related applications. Inthis case, the related applications may be displayed on a home screenwhich is set by default from among a plurality of home screens of thewireless terminal.

According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, thecontroller 110 may map each of the plurality of home screens of thewireless terminal to a home screen corresponding to an externalaccessory type to display related applications for the externalaccessory on the corresponding home screen.

Thus, the controller 110, by displaying a home screen corresponding tothe type of the external accessory connected to the wireless terminalfrom among the plurality of home screens of the wireless terminal on thedisplay unit 160, may arrange and display the extracted relatedapplications for the external accessory on the home screen according topreviously set (i.e. pre-set) priorities of the related applications.

According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, thecontroller 110 may perform edit functions such as deleting or adding anapplication during display of the related applications corresponding tothe type of the connected accessory on the display unit 160.

According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, thecontroller 110 automatically resets an environment of the wirelessterminal according to the type of the external accessory connected tothe wireless terminal. For example, an environment of the wirelessterminal may be automatically reset, such that if the wireless terminalis connected to a vehicle cradle, a volume may be automatically adjustedto a predetermined value or less, or if the wireless terminal isconnected to a media external accessory, a volume may be adjusted to apredetermined value or more or a manner mode may be switched to a ringmode. A type of the environment of the wireless terminal correspondingto the external accessory type may be changed by user's selection.

According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, thecontroller 110 may provide home screens on which related applicationscorresponding to an external accessory type are displayed, according touser's selection, regardless of connection of an external accessory.

According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, whenrelated applications for an external accessory connected to the wirelessterminal on a corresponding home screen of the display unit 160, thecontroller 110 may display related information for the displayedapplications on a particular region of the home screen. For example,when a vehicle cradle is connected to the wireless terminal, relatedinformation “in the car” may be displayed on a particular region of ahome screen on which related applications are displayed. The particularregion can be user-designated with an automatic default.

With continued reference to FIG. 1, a camera unit 140 captures an image,and may include a camera sensor for converting an optical signal of thecaptured image into an electrical signal, and a signal processor forconverting an analog image signal of the image captured by the camerasensor into digital data. Herein, it is assumed that the camera sensorcomprises a Charge Coupled Device (CCD) sensor or a Complementary MetalOxide Semiconductor (CMOS) sensor, and the signal processor may beimplemented as a Digital Signal Processor (DSP). In addition, the camerasensor and the signal processor may be implemented as one integratedunit or separately.

An image processor 150 performs Image Signal Processing (ISP) to displayan image signal output from the camera unit 140 on the display unit 160.The ISP executes functions such as gamma correction, interpolation,space conversion, image effect, image scale, Auto White Balance (AWB),Auto Exposure (AE) and Auto Focus (AF). Thus, the image processor 150processes the image signal output from the camera unit 140 in the unitof a frame, and outputs frame image data adaptively to the features andsize of the display unit 160. The image processor 150 preferablyincludes an image codec, and compresses the frame image data displayedon the display unit 160 in a preset manner or restores the compressedframe image data to the original frame image data. Herein, the imagecodec may be Joint Picture Experts Group (JPEG) codec, Moving PictureExperts Group 4 (MPEG4) codec, or Wavelet codec. It is assumed that theimage processor 150 has an on screen display (OSD) function. The imageprocessor 150 may output OSD data according to the displayed picturesize under the control of the controller 110.

The display unit 160 displays an image signal output from the imageprocessor 150 on the screen and displays user data output from thecontroller 110. Herein, the display unit 160 may be a Liquid CrystalDisplay (LCD), and in this case, the display unit 160 may include an LCDcontroller, a memory capable of storing image data, an LCD element, andso on. Other types of thin film technology displays and hybrids thereofmay be used, including but not limited to Light-emitting diode (LED),organic light-emitting diode (OLED), active-matrix organiclight-emitting diode (AMOLED), super-AMOLED etc. When the LCD isimplemented with a touch screen, it may serve as an input unit. In thiscase, on the display unit 160, keys such as the key input unit 127 maybe displayed.

The display unit 160 preferably displays related applications for anexternal accessory connected to the wireless terminal according to anembodiment of the present invention.

A Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver 170 receives informationabout a current location of the wireless terminal. A artisan shouldunderstand and appreciate that a system other than GPS may also be usedwith the presently claimed invention.

The wireless communication unit 180 performs communication with aconnectable external accessory in the vicinity of the wireless terminalaccording to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

With reference to FIGS. 2 through 3C, a detailed description will bemade of an operation of providing a related application corresponding toan external accessory type in a wireless terminal.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an exemplary process of automaticallydisplaying a related application corresponding to external accessorytype in a wireless terminal, according to an exemplary embodiment of thepresent invention.

The exemplary embodiment of the present invention will now be describedin detail with reference to FIGS. 2 through 3C, in conjunction with FIG.1.

Referring now to FIG. 2, when an external accessory is connected to thewireless terminal, the controller 110 senses the connection in step 201,and determines a type of the external accessory connected to thewireless terminal in step 202.

The external accessory may be connected to the wireless terminal throughwired communication, wireless communication, or augmented reality.

In the case where the connection is through wireless communication, thecontroller 110 searches for the types of connectable externalaccessories in the vicinity of the wireless terminal, displays the foundtypes of connectable external accessories on the display unit 160, andautomatically connects the wireless terminal to an external accessoryselected by a user from among the displayed external accessories throughwireless communication. The external accessory preferably includes awireless communication unit for wireless communication.

The external accessories displayed on the display unit 160 may also bedisplayed together with images indicating the external accessories andrelated information of the external accessories.

In the case of augmented reality, during an augmented reality searchmode selected by the user, the controller 110 transmits current locationinformation of the wireless terminal to a particular server, which isreceived through the GPS receiver 170, and the particular server storesa location and information of an external accessory. Upon receivingtypes of external accessories located in the vicinity of the wirelessterminal and related information of the external accessories from theparticular server, the controller 110 displays the external accessorytypes and the related information on an augmented reality screen, andautomatically connects the wireless terminal to an external accessoryselected by a user from among the displayed external accessories throughwireless communication. The external accessory includes a wirelesscommunication unit for wireless communication.

The external accessories displayed on the augmented reality screen ofthe display unit 160 may be displayed as images indicating the externalaccessories.

At step 203, once the type of the connected external accessory isdetermined, the controller 110 extracts related applications for theexternal accessory through a mapping table stored in the memory 130.

The mapping table stores external accessory types and relatedapplications corresponding thereto, in which the related applicationsare stored according to their priorities. While it is preferred to use amapped table, an artisan should understand and appreciate that theclaimed invention can function with other ways to store and retrieve theinformation.

The external accessory types and the related applications correspondingto the external accessory types stored in the mapping table may be setmanually by user's setting, or automatically according to a type of anapplication used in connection of an external accessory to the wirelessterminal and the frequency of use of the application.

At step 204, the controller 110 arranges the related applicationsextracted in step 203 according to the priorities of the applicationsand displays them on the display unit 160.

In step 204, the controller 110 may arrange and display the relatedapplications according to the priorities of the applications on adefault home screen among a plurality of home screens.

The controller 110 maps each of the plurality of home screens of thewireless terminal to a home screen corresponding to an externalaccessory type to separately display related applications for theexternal accessory on the corresponding home screen. Thus, by displayingthe home screen mapped to the external accessory among the plurality ofhome screens in step 204, the controller 110 may arrange and display therelated applications according to the priorities of the applications onthe home screen.

In addition, at step 204 the controller 110 may delete an applicationselected by the user from among the displayed related applications oradd an application selected on a menu screen or another home screen tothe related applications for the external accessory.

Moreover, at step 204, the controller 110 may display relatedinformation for the displayed applications on a particular region of thehome screen where the related applications are displayed. For example,when a vehicle cradle is connected to the wireless terminal, a titlerelated information “using in the car” may be displayed on a particularregion of a home screen; when a keyboard is connected to the wirelessterminal, a title related information “using keyboard” may be displayedon a particular region of a home screen.

When an external accessory is connected to the wireless terminal, thecontroller 110 may automatically reset an environment of the wirelessterminal according to a type of the connected external accessory. Forexample, when a media cradle is connected to the wireless terminal, anenvironment of the wireless terminal may be automatically reset suchthat a volume in the wireless terminal is adjusted to a predeterminedvalue or more, a manner mode is switched to a ring mode, and the use ofa battery is activated.

When there is no connection of an external accessory to the wirelessterminal, the controller 110 displays a type of an external accessorythrough user's selection of a particular menu, and displays relatedinformation, latest use information, and related applications of theexternal accessory selected by the user.

If there is no related application in the wireless terminal when anexternal accessory is connected to the wireless terminal, the controller110 may sense the absence thereof and display applications, which arenot registered as related applications among applications of thewireless terminal, or request download of a related application.

FIGS. 3A and 3B are exemplary screen illustrations of an operation ofautomatically displaying a related application corresponding to anexternal accessory type in a wireless terminal according to an exemplaryembodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3A, when a vehicle cradle 300 a is coupled to awireless terminal 100, on the display unit 160 of the wireless terminal100 may be displayed a home screen on which related applications, whichare available through connection of the vehicle cradle 300 a, arearranged according to their priorities. The related applications may beapplications, such as a navigation application, a map application, atraffic condition application, and so forth, which are frequently usedwhen the wireless terminal 100 is coupled to the vehicle cradle 300 a.

When the vehicle cradle 300 a is connected to the wireless terminal 100,an environment (i.e. external indications) of the wireless terminal 100is reset according to the connected vehicle cradle 300 a. For example, aring mode may be switched to a vibration mode, or a volume of a ringtone may be reduced to a predetermined value or less, and a type of theenvironment reset in the wireless terminal 100 may be changed by user'sselection.

As shown in FIG. 3B, when a keyboard 300 b is coupled to the wirelessterminal 100, on the display unit 160 of the wireless terminal 100 maybe displayed a home screen on which related-applications, which areavailable through coupling of the keyboard 300 b to the wirelessterminal, and are arranged according to their priorities.

For example, when the keyboard 300 b is connected to the wirelessterminal 100, an environment of the wireless terminal 100 is resetaccording to the connected keyboard 300 b, and a type of the environmentreset (i.e. external indications reset) in the wireless terminal 100 maybe changed by user's selection.

A person of ordinary skill in the art should understand and appreciatethe terminology regarding an environment of the wireless terminal beingreset includes items such as ring mode, volume change, displaybrightness, and/or a small-capacity battery being activated for use witha particular type of device comprising the external accessory.

As shown in FIG. 3C, when a media player 300 c is connected to thewireless terminal 100, on the display unit 160 of the wireless terminal100 may be displayed a home screen on which related applications, whichare available through connection of the media player 300 c, are arrangedaccording to their priorities.

When the media player 300 c is connected to the wireless terminal 100,an environment of the wireless terminal 100 is reset (externalindications or operation) according to the coupled media player 300 c.For example, a manner mode may be switched to a ring mode, a volume maybe increased to a predetermined value or more, or a small-capacitybattery may be activated for use. A type of the environmental reset inthe wireless terminal 100 may be changed by user's selection.

While related applications are displayed in the wireless terminal whenan external accessory such as a vehicle cradle, a keyboard, or a mediaplayer is connected to the wireless terminal in FIGS. 3A through 3C, theabove-described operation of the present invention may be performedthrough any external accessory connectable to the wireless terminal,such as medical instrument, an exercise machine, etc.

As can be seen from the foregoing description, according to the methodand device for providing a related application for an external accessoryin a wireless terminal, only a related application for an externalaccessory connected to the wireless terminal is automatically displayed,thereby facilitating the use of the related application for the externalaccessory.

While a detailed exemplary embodiment such as a wireless terminal hasbeen described in the present invention, various changes may be madewithout departing from the scope of the present invention. Accordingly,the scope of the present invention should be defined by the claims andequivalents thereof, rather than the described exemplary embodiment.

The above-described methods according to the present invention can beimplemented in hardware, firmware or as software or computer code thatcan be stored in a recording medium such as a CD ROM, an RAM, a floppydisk, a hard disk, or a magneto-optical disk or computer code downloadedover a network originally stored on a remote recording medium or anon-transitory machine readable medium and to be stored on a localrecording medium, so that the methods described herein can be renderedin such software that is stored on the recording medium using a generalpurpose computer, or a special processor or in programmable or dedicatedhardware, such as an ASIC or FPGA. As would be understood in the art,the computer, the processor, microprocessor controller or theprogrammable hardware include memory components, e.g., RAM, ROM, Flash,etc. that may store or receive software or computer code that whenaccessed and executed by the computer, processor or hardware implementthe processing methods described herein. In addition, it would berecognized that when a general purpose computer accesses code forimplementing the processing shown herein, the execution of the codetransforms the general purpose computer into a special purpose computerfor executing the processing shown herein.

What is claimed is:
 1. A device for providing an application for anexternal accessory in a wireless terminal, the device comprising: adisplay unit for displaying a home screen corresponding to a type of theexternal accessory connected to the wireless terminal from among aplurality of home screens; and a controller for mapping each of theplurality of home screens to a home screen corresponding to an externalaccessory type, for sensing a type of the external accessory coupled tothe wireless terminal, and for displaying a home screen corresponding tothe type of the external accessory connected to the wireless terminalfrom among the plurality of home screens, wherein the controllerdisplays related applications for the external accessory on the homescreen.
 2. The device of claim 1, wherein the controller senses the typeof the external accessory coupled to the wireless terminal through wiredcommunication.
 3. The device of claim 1, wherein the controller searchesfor and displays a plurality of types of external accessories found inthe vicinity of the wireless terminal and adapted for coupling therewiththrough wireless communication, and the controller couples the wirelessterminal to an external accessory selected from among the foundplurality of types of external accessories.
 4. The device of claim 1,wherein the controller searches for and displays a plurality of types ofexternal accessories found in the vicinity of the wireless terminal andadapted for coupling therewith on an augmented reality screen in anaugmented reality search mode, and the controller couples the wirelessterminal to an external accessory selected from among the foundplurality of types of external accessories.
 5. The device of claim 1,wherein the controller stores an application used during coupling of thewireless terminal to an external accessory as a related-application forthe external accessory.
 6. The device of claim 5, wherein when storingthe related application for the external accessory, the controlleradditionally stores a priority of the related application according to afrequency of use of the external accessory to pre-set therelated-application associated with the external accessory.
 7. Thedevice of claim 1, wherein the controller stores a type of an externalaccessory and a priority for the related-application according to amanual setting, to pre-set the related-application for the externalaccessory prior to coupling with the external accessory.
 8. The deviceof claim 1, wherein the controller arranges an order or position ofdisplay and displays the related-applications for the external accessoryaccording to priorities of the extracted related-applications.
 9. Thedevice of claim 1, wherein the controller automatically resets anenvironment comprising external indications of the wireless terminalaccording to a type of the external accessory coupled to the wirelessterminal.
 10. The device of claim 9, wherein the external accessorycomprises a media player, and the environment being reset includes atleast one of a ring mode being set or unset, a volume being increased toa predetermined value or more, or a small-capacity battery beingactivated.
 11. The device of claim 1, wherein the external accessorycomprises a vehicle cradle and the related-application comprises atleast one of a map application, a traffic condition application or anavigation application.
 12. The device of claim 1, wherein the externalaccessory comprises a keyboard and the related-application are extractedby the wireless terminal coupling of the keyboard with the wirelessterminal.
 13. A method for providing an application for an externalaccessory in a wireless terminal, the method comprising: mapping each ofa plurality of home screens to a home screen corresponding to anexternal accessory type; sensing a type of the external accessorycoupled to the wireless terminal; and displaying a home screencorresponding to the type of the external accessory connected to thewireless terminal from among the plurality of home screens, anddisplaying related applications for the external accessory on the homescreen.
 14. The method of claim 13, wherein the wireless terminal iscoupled to the external accessory through wired communication.
 15. Themethod of claim 13, wherein the sensing of the type of the coupledexternal accessory comprises: searching for and displaying types ofexternal accessories in the vicinity of the wireless terminal adaptedfor coupling therewith through wireless terminal; and coupling thewireless terminal to an external accessory selected from among the foundtypes of external accessories.
 16. The method of claim 13, wherein thesensing of the type of the coupled external accessory comprises:searching for and displaying types of external accessories in thevicinity of the wireless terminal adapted for coupling therewith on anaugmented reality screen in an augmented reality search mode; andcoupling the wireless terminal to an external accessory selected fromamong the found types of external accessories.
 17. The method of claim13, further comprising the controller pre-setting therelated-application for the particular type of device comprising theexternal accessory by storing in the memory an application used duringcoupling of the wireless terminal to the external accessory as arelated-application for the external accessory and storing in the memorya priority of the related-application according to the frequency of useof the external accessory.
 18. The method of claim 13, furthercomprising the controller pre-setting the related-application for theexternal accessory by storing a particular type of device comprising theexternal accessory and a priority for the related-application accordingto a manual setting.
 19. The method of claim 13, wherein the displayingof the related-applications for the external accessory comprisesarranging an order or position of display and displaying the extractedrelated-applications for the external accessory according to prioritiesof the applications.
 20. The method of claim 13, further comprisingautomatically resetting an environment comprising external indicationsbeing changed or activated of the wireless terminal according to theparticular type of device comprising the external accessory coupled tothe wireless terminal.
 21. The method of claim 20, wherein theparticular type of device comprises a media player, and the environmentbeing reset includes at least one of a ring mode being set or unset, avolume being increased to a predetermined value or more, or asmall-capacity battery being activated.
 22. The method of claim 13,wherein the particular type of device comprising the external accessoryis a vehicle cradle and the related-application comprises at least oneof a map application, a traffic condition application or a navigationapplication.
 23. The method of claim 13, wherein the particular type ofdevice comprising the external accessory is a keyboard and one or morerelated-applications are extracted by the wireless terminal by couplingof the keyboard with the wireless terminal.